What is the Voyager VX10000? A culmination of years of innovation, from its obscure origins (series at top right), this old boy has made it from the back streets to the boulevard.

With its rugged retro styling, it's sure to please a discerning crowd. Unlike the Wi-Fi compatible iPhone, readily courier and program modified, the Voyager VX10000 uses ONLY Verizon networks and "special" features!

iPhone, make way for Voyager VX10000.
Your time has come!

  Now the bleak truth about the Voyager: "It's not the thrilling gadget adventure people were waiting for," Scott Moritz of The Street reports. "While some of Voyager's borrowed looks make you think iPhone, it's an entirely different device. For starters, it isn't a true smartphone. There are no PDA functions such as document creation, email programs or desktop syncing. In fact, the menu system is exactly the same as you'll find on many of Verizon's music phones."

  "The Voyager is probably the best illustration yet of Verizon's flawed wireless strategy. Put it this way: If Verizon's TV-Cast lives up to your dream of what mobile broadband is all about, then the Voyager is your vessel," Moritz reports. "Alternatively, if you want a true Internet device with a real browser and fast Net access anywhere, keep up the search."  See The Street's Voyager Video